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Egypt slipped further into political disarray yesterday when a judge suspended upcoming
parliamentary elections and referred the country’s much-criticized electoral law to the nation’s
highest court.

An administrative judge struck down a decree by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to hold
staggered elections for a lower house of parliament that are to begin on April 22. The court,
citing concern about the recently amended electoral charter, asked the Supreme Constitutional Court
to review the law.

The ruling appears likely to delay the elections and highlights the struggle between Morsi and
the largely secular opposition.